Anchor between vitreous slabs arranged at an angle to each other



2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 5 1926.

D. S. BEEBE ANCHOR BETWEEN VITREOUS SLABS ARRANGED AT AN ANGLE TOEACH o'rm Filed May 25 1925 E I I: IIIIIIIII IIIIIII"IQ Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

v UNITED STATES 1,568,944 PATENT oFFiYcE...

DANIEL s. BEEBE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, nssrenon To 'rnin virnonrrn coivrrany, or

PARKERJSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, A conronarion or wnsr VIRGINIA.

ANCHOR BETWEEN VITREOUS SLABS ARRANGEDHAT AN ANGLE EACH OTHERH Application filed May 25, 1925. Serial No, 32,610.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, DANIEL S. BEEBE, a citizen; of the United States, residing at Chi cage, county of Cook, State, of Illino1s, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Anchors Between Vitreous Slabs Arranged at an Angle to Each Other, and declare the following .to be a full, clear, and exact: description of the same, such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

- The object of the present invention is to each other.

produce a simple and novel means for effectively fastening. together two slabs of vitreous material or the like positioned in contact with each other and at an angle to Thevarious features of novelty whereby invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity'in the claims; but, for a full understandingof my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the fOllQWlllg';

detailed description taken in connection with the accompanylng drawings, wherelna Figure 1 is a front View of the endmost booth or compartment of a row made out 01 slabs of vitreous material; Fig. 2 is a sec tion taken approximately on line, 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective v ew of a part of the left hand side slab in Fig. 1; Fig. A: is

- a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the right hand side slab in Fig. 1; Fig. 5v is a perspective view of. one of? the corner pieces or angles; Fig. 6 is a section on a large scale through the left hand corner of the booth taken approximately on line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, taken approximately on line 7-7.of Fig. 1 and Fig. Sis a section taken approximately on line 8+8 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 9 is an edge view of the front end of the anchoring strapa auxiliary straps shown in Fig. 7, separated from each other. l p V Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 rep're I sent partitions or walls of vitreous material,

' extending from a wall 3of a building or room, which wall forms the rear side or wall of a plurality of booths. To the fronted'ge of the member 1 is fixed a front panel 4 lying at right angles to said member and havl ing its outer edge flush with theouter face of the latter. Extending across the front edge of the wall or; partition. 2, at right. ng es to th la er, n Pr j c ing in oth directions therefrom is; a front panel 5. Th members 1 and 5 are spaced apart, to

form a door opening between them, although the present nvention is; not limited to; this particular design.

Each of the side walls or partitions is made of two slabs laid against each other.

and secured together by suitable cement the cement being indicatedat 6 in Figsafi 7, and 8.- VVithin thet space between the, two members of each slab are placed long flat metal strips 7 that projectbeyond the front edges of the slabs. In the arrange-1 ment shown, there are two of? these strips, one near the top, and one near the bottom of each slab. 'The projecting end; of each' strip is bent laterally, as indicated at 8-, so as to he flat against the cor-responding:

front panel one-or both of themembers of each slab being notched in thefront edge so that the lateral armof each bendrwiilllie within the plane'of; the front edge of the slab. only the. inner member of the slab 1 is notched, the notches being indicated; at.

9, 9. Thenotches in the slab f2, indicated at 10, 10 extend" through thethicknesS-Of theentire slab, that is through both; members of. the slab.

The manner of securingthev outer slab 1 the front members is best shownin Fig. 6.1 The notches n thisslab are onthe inner of the two members, so that" the ends; 8. of the straps pro e'ct inwardly-from this slab along the member 4;. 'In the corner between the members 1' and at are placed two angle brackets 11 eachhol-lowed out on the outer adapted to receive one of the strap; ends 8.

made alike, for the sake of symmetry in the distribution .of metal and to make them reversible. The flange; ofthe bracket over-- lymg one of the strap ends 8, and said strapend have registering holes through which extends a suitable fastening element that I clamps the bracket to the member 4. In the arrangementshown, thereis a stud 13 fixed to the panel 4 and passing through the registering holes in the strap end 8 and the overlying bracket fiange; the stud having a not let on the outer end. It will thus be seen that only a single fastening device is required at each strap end.

lVhere the front panel projects laterally in both directions from the wall or partition, as does the panel 5 with respect to the slab 2, a construction such as illustrated in Fig. 7 is employed. The strap end 8 projects laterally from one side of the slab, as in the construction previously described. Laid flat against the front or outer face of the part 8 is'a strap section 15 about twice as long as said strap end, one-half of the member 15 projecting from the side of the member 7 opposite to that on which the end 8 lies. In order to build up the thickness of what may be termed the head on the member 7 on what may be termed the free end of the strap section 15, I may lay a short strap sec tion 16 on the inner side of the member 15. In assembling the structure, the strap 15 is laid against the panel 5 with the strap end S overlying one-half thereof, and the short strapsection 16 is placed behind the other half. The elements 15 and 8, and the elem'ents 15 and 16, have registering holes 17 and 18 through which fastening means such as heretofore describe may pass; there being one of the brackets 11 in each of the two corners between the slab 2 and the panel 5. It will be seen that it is immaterial whether the strap members 8, 15 and 16 are secured together or not before being assembled in the booth construction, because they will all be tied"together by the means that fasten them and the brackets to the panel It will thus be seen that I have produced a simple and novel construction that may be completely built in the factory and which may be set up quickly and securely at the place of use by comparatively unskilled labor and without danger that the assembling will be improperly done; since all that the assembler has to do is to place the parts in their proper relative positions and then screw on a few nuts.

\Vhile I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a wall lying at right angles to and engaged with a second wall, the first wall having an element extending along the second wall from the juncture, a member fitted into the corner between said walls and overlying said element, and fastening means extending through said membernand said element and into said second wa 2.. In combination, a wall made of two parts secured together face to face, a strap lying and secured between the parts of and projecting from an edge of the said wall, a second wall lying against the edge and extending transversely of the first wall, the projecting end of said strap being bent aterally to lie against the exposed portion )f the face of said second wall and being secured thereto.

3. In combination, a wall made of two parts secured together face to face, a strap lying and secured between the parts of said wall and having an end projecting therefrom and bent laterally with respect there to, a second wall lying against said edge and engaged with the projecting end of said strap, a member fitted into the angle between said walls and overlying said strap end, and fastening means for said member serving to anchor said strap end to said second wall.

4. In combiimtion, a wall made of two parts secured together face to face, a strap lying and secured between the parts of said wall and projecting from an edge thereof, the projecting end of the strap being bent laterally. a second wall lying against said edge and engaged with said projecting end of the strap, a bracket fitted into the angle between said walls and overlying said strap end, and a fastening means passing through said bracket and strap and into the second wall.

In combination. a wall made of two parts secured together face to face, a strap lying and secured between the parts of the. wall and projecting from an edge of the latter. the projecting end of the strap being bent laterally. a second wall lying against said edge and engaged with the projecting end of said strap, a bracket fitted into the angle between said walls and overlying said strap end, said bracket having elements en-v gaging both walls at a distance from the corner, and means for securing said bracket in place and simultaneously anchoring said strap end to said second wall.

6. In combination, a wall made of two parts secured together face to face, a strap lying and secured between said parts of the wall and projecting from an edge of the latter, the projecting end of said strap being bent laterally, a second wall lying against said edge and engaged with said strap end, a bracket fitted into the angle between said walls and overlying said strap end, said bracket having faces engaged with both walls, and a single fastening device for said bracket passing through the latter and through said strap end and into said second wall.

7. In combination. two walls lying at right angles to and in contact with each other, one of said walls having an element fixed thereto and projecting laterally from one edge along the face of the second wall, a bracket fitted into the angle between said walls and having on the side facing said second wall a pocket to receive said element and conceal it, and a fastening device extending from said bracket into said second wall.

8; In combination, two walls extending transversely of each other with an edge of the first wall engaged with the face of the second wall, a strap fixed into the first wall,

and extending laterally from said edge along the other Wall, a second strap lying against the other strap and extending past the said edge to the opposite side of the through said straps and into said second 1 wall.

9. In combination, two walls arranged into said second wall.

10.'In combination, two walls arranged transversely of each other with an edge of one wall in contact with a face of the second wall, brackets fitted into the angles between said walls, anchoring means extending from said edge in opposite directions between said brackets and the said second wall, and means for fastening said brackets, and at the same time the said anchoring means, to said second wall.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

DANIEL S. BEEBE. 

